Rocket, Fying Model, Asp I

This is the first prototype of the Asp 1 flying rocket model made by Model Products in early 1971. It is based on the actual Asp sounding rocket. The model has a pasteboard body, balsa fins, and a plastic parachute. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, and then at the end of the vertical flight it forces the release of the parachute. The model is then retrieved and can be used again. G. Harry Stine, an American pioneer in the field of flying rocket and missile models, donated it to the Museum.